Newark Central School District board meeting, Aug 5, 2026

57 min

Chronic absenteeism ▶ 1:57

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Newark board hears update on state's new attendance performance index 2:44

A district staff member presented on the state's change from reporting only chronically absent students to an attendance performance index that accounts for every student, and on the district's plans for the coming year. 2:44
The board also took up a resolution to approve the tax warrant and heard a staff report on four capital projects. 37:03
Revised policies listed for second reading and adoption passed. 54:27

Item by item (10)

Opening, oath and agenda 0:13
- The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:13
- A new ex officio student board member took the oath of office. 0:48
- The board took voice votes on the meeting agenda and the minutes of the July 7th meeting. 1:47
Attendance presentation 2:30
- A district staff member said the state now uses an attendance performance index counting students enrolled 30 days or more, with a cutoff of 191 for elementary and middle schools and 171 for high schools to reach level 3, and said Perkins, Lincoln and Kelly were in level 3 while the middle and high schools fell in level 2. 2:44
- A board member asked whether the index was used monthly or only at the end of the year, and a staff member said the data is pulled from SchoolTool on a daily basis. 16:47
- Katie Pullen asked whether a home visit would be conducted for every student, and the staff member said it would be a big task and there would be some variation. 27:26
Tax warrant resolution 36:46
- A staff member said the resolution would approve the tax warrant, which breaks down by town what is raised and the tax rates, and asked all board members present to sign it. 37:03
- A motion to approve was made and a voice vote was taken. 37:40
Committee assignments and board goals 39:03
- The presiding member said committee assignments had full membership after adding a member to the Facilities Committee. 39:03
- The presiding member said the board would go through its goals in depth at the next meeting. 39:34
Staff reports 40:49
- A staff member said the District Improvement Plan and the middle school plan were approved by the state. 40:52
- A staff member said taxes can be paid at Lions National Bank through a lockbox, and that a $100,000 Capital Outlay Exemption Project for a sliding wall in the high school would cost the district about $4,400 with a 95.6% aid rate. 41:56
- A staff member said the district had 4 capital projects going on, including a fix-it project for Kelly, Perkins and Lincoln and an auditorium renovation discussed by the facilities committee. 43:06
Student board member remarks 48:30
- Student board members spoke about looking forward to the school year. 49:00
Consent agenda 49:27
- A motion was made on the consent agenda and a voice vote was taken. 49:27
Board development and conferences 49:45
- Board members discussed attending the NISBA conference, which a speaker said is the 22nd through the 24th. 49:57
- A speaker said September 15th is the first county general membership meeting. 52:32
- Julie Nevelizer said the next BOCES meeting is around the 17th. 53:01
Policy readings 54:27
- The board took up revised policies for second reading and adoption, a second reading of policy 6161 and a first reading of policies 6212 and 6214. 54:27
- The revised policies listed for second reading and adoption passed. 54:27
Upcoming schedule and adjournment 55:19
- The presiding member said board goals would be taken up on the 19th and the strategic plan on the 2nd of September. 55:19

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Video: posted by the district as “Newark CSD - Board of Education Organizational/Business Meeting - 8/5/26 - 6:00 PM”